Cosima

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I really dislike it. Reminds me of Cosmo and Dibs. The only other association I have is John Diamond and Nigella’s daughter and their son is Bruno, which makes me think posh and try-hard, although John Diamond was hilarious, clever and witty, the names are a bit pretentious! Sorry!

Love.

which makes me think posh and try-hard

Nigella is posh. 🤔

Beautiful name.

Lovely

Is it Italian? I taught a few Cosimos when I lived in Italy.

I love Cosima. It’s an unusual name, without being bizarre or having huge spelling pronunciation issues. It sounds so different to a lot of the popular names names now, which makes it quite refreshing.

Definitely quite posh. Where I am (greater Manchester) it would raise a few eyebrows

Nigella is posh. 🤔

Precisely

@WhenZoomWasJustAnIceLolly

Nigella is posh. 🤔

Precisely

I think the point the other poster was making is that as Nigella is UC, it’s not ‘try-hard’ in her case. People on here always seem to assume that people asking about traditionally UC names on here are doing it for aspirational reasons, rather than because they are themselves ‘posh’. The people I know called things like Arabella, Lionel, Hector, Rupert etc are from UC families, they aren’t actually trying to be anything..

@Fountaining Exactly

How is it pronounced? Co-seem-ah or Koz-ee-ma? I've no idea.

Coz i ma.

@MagicSummer if you look back through the thread, I posted how to pronounce it yesterday evening. It's cozzy-mah, with the stress on the first syllable.

@BunnyRuddington

I really like it.

Isn't it Nigella's DD's name?

No

I love it - it's pretty, unusual and easy to spell.

Bit too fussy and try hard for me.

Try hard generally means unfamiliar or posh on these forums.

I don’t think it’s fussy at all, it’s a simple name, easy to say.

It’s a bit much - regardless of whether you’re posh or not

I know a French 50 year old Cosima & she’s lovely, known as Cos though which is the obvious shortening. If you’re ok with her most likely being called Cos then go for it OP.

I like Cos - from ‘sweet Cos’ in Shakespeare.

The Cosima I know is Cosi.

The name of Frances Liszt’s daughter who was Richard Wagner’s second wife.

Nigella has Jewish heritage and her choice of continental European type names may well be influenced by her family background (viz Who Do You Think You Are?)

@Cindie943811A

Nigella has Jewish heritage and her choice of continental European type names may well be influenced by her family background (viz Who Do You Think You Are?)

Her Jewish ancestry is from Germany and the Netherlands, though (because I remember seeing part of her Who Do You Think You Are? and that she was very disappointed to find she had no Sephardic heritage from Spain/Portugal), so I imagine Bruno and Cosima are purely because she loves Italy.

Awesome name, go for it.